In 2001, LPB offered a call for emerging producers to create a one minute interstitial that showcased or represented the Latino community for general audiences. Ten projects were selected ranging from animation to biographies. Many of these producers have moved forward in their careers and are NOW producing nationally for public and commercial television. In 2009, the interstitials are now offered online.

In Fear of a Latin Planet, two monologists (Latina and Latino) deliver a searing critique of Latino media imagery by reciting a litany of Latino stereotypes in spoken-word poetry.

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Bernardo Ruiz

Producer

Bernardo Ruiz has written or produced programming for PBS, TLC, MTV, Discovery Networks and the National Geographic Channel. He has been awarded grants from ITVS, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media, Latino Public Broadcasting, as well as a New York Foundation on the Arts fellowship in Film.

He is a founding member of SubCine, a filmmaker-run distributor of independent Latino film & video and is the co-producer of the award-winningThe Sixth Section, which was supported by grants from the MacArthur Foundation and the Rockefeller Fund. He recently completed a documentary on the life of Roberto Clemente for the award-winning PBS series, American Experience.

Latino Public Broadcasting is the leader of the development, production, acquisition and distribution of non-commercial educational and cultural media that is representative of Latino people, or addresses issues of particular interest to Latino Americans. These programs are produced for dissemination to the public broadcasting stations and other public telecommunication entities. LPB provides a voice to the diverse Latino community on public media throughout the United States.